Trousers-stretcher



(No Model!) i M. 'J. WEEDEN.

TROUSERS STRETGHER.

Patented Co t 2 1894 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARK J. WEEDEN, OF SPRINGVILLE, NEW YORK.

TROUSERS-STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 526,953, dated October2, 1894.

Application filed September 28, 1893. Renewed August 20, 1894- SerialNo. 520,846- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARK J. WEEDEN,a. citizen of the United States,residing at Springville, in the county of Erie and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTrousers-Stretchers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in garmentstretchers, and particularly to devices adapted to stretch trouser legs,and my object is to produce a stretcher, which shall be simple inconstruc tion, of easy application, and durable.

My invention aims further to produce a' simple trousers stretcher, whichis adjustable, being capable of stretching trousers having differentsizes of legs, and one by which the tension can be regulated, so thatmore stretching can be applied to the lower parts of the garment, asfrom the knee down where the trouser legs'are most likely'to becomewrinkled. I further produce a device whereby the same can be used tohold a garment while the same is being cleaned or scoured.

My invention consists in the novel construc tion, arrangement andadaptation of the partsas will be hereinafter fully'illustrated, andthen specifically defined in claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, like letters of reference indicating like partsthroughout the several views, in which Figure 1, is a perspective viewof my-improved stretcher, as applied. to a trouser leg. Fig. 2, is adetailed view, and Fig. 3. is an enlarged section on line 3. 3. of Fig.2.

Reference now being had to the details of construction by letter,A. andA represent the appended the strips or bars. One of each is used foreach leg of the trousers to be stretched. These strips may be made ofmetal or of any suitable material, and are beveled on the outer edges,so as to form creases in the trousers legs when the same are beingstretched. On the blunt edge of one of the said bars, A at a convenientdistance from the ends of the same are seated the two threaded rods B,B, the i'ormer being of shorter length than the latter, to allow thestretcher to readily pass up through the trousers leg. The bar A hasperforations O, C, and through which said rods pass, and D, D, aretightening buttons threaded in their apertures 01,01, so as to work onthe threads of the bars or rods B, B. E, E, are metallic plates againstwhich the thumb screws hear when the trousers are being stretched.

It will be observed that one rod B extends through the bar A, thusallowing the lower part of the trousers leg to be stretched more thanthe upper portions.

.I prefer to construct my stretchers so that the leg strips will beabout four feet long, and at that length the extended rod B will bebelow the bottomof the trouser legs.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-'-- In a trousers stretcher, thecombination, of two substantially parallel bars A A with their outeredges beveled, of the threaded rods B and B seated in the bar A, and atright angles thereto, and passing through apertures in the bar A, of thethumb screws working on the said threaded rods between the bars andadapted to bear against the bar A, to hold the trousers in a stretchedposition, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARK J. WEEDEN.

Witnesses:

' DAVID J. WILCOX,

HIRAM A. LAFFERTY.

